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Microsoft releases Orchard for scalable AI agent development

Microsoft Research has released Orchard, an MIT-licensed framework that lets teams reuse Kubernetes-based environments, training pipelines, and evaluation workflows for AI agents. The project targets the infrastructure cost and complexity of developing agents for coding, web navigation, and personal-assistant tasks.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-releases-orchard-for-scalable-ai-agent-development/

Google опубликовал официальные Linux-сборки Chrome для архитектуры ARM64

Компания Google начала публикацию официальных сборок Chrome для Linux-систем на базе архитектуры ARM64. Сборки доступны в пакетах deb и rpm. Ранее официальные сборки Chrome для Linux публиковались только для архитектуры x86_64, а для архитектуры ARM64 были доступны только сторонние сборки Chromium, предлагаемые дистрибутивами. Официальная версия Chrome отличается поддержкой подключения к учётной записи в Google, интеграцией сервисов Google, синхронизацией данных между устройствами, упрощённой установкой дополнений из каталога Chrome Web Store, возможностью включения расширенного режима защиты и поставкой CDM-модуля (Content Decryption Module) Widevine для просмотра медиаконтента, защищённого авторскими правами (DRM), в таких сервисах, как Netflix, Spotify и Disney+.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66024

Using external fingerprint readers with Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security

Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS) can now use a compatible external fingerprint reader for Windows sign-in on Windows 11, version 24H2 and 25H2. ESS is a Windows Hello protection mode that isolates biometric processing and the connection to the reader from the main operating system. This article explains the hardware and update requirements, enrollment process, verification steps, and deployment limits for Windows administrators.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/using-external-fingerprint-readers-with-windows-hello-enhanced-sign-in-security/

Polar AI Browser brings workplace agents into logged-in web apps

Polar AI Browser is turning authenticated web sessions into an automation platform for workplace tasks. The macOS-only Chromium browser has raised $5.7 million and now gives IT teams a new agent that can operate across users’ signed-in services—along with new risks involving permissions, data exposure, and prompt injection.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/polar-ai-browser-brings-workplace-agents-into-logged-in-web-apps/

📰 GNOME Boxes Preparing To Deliver Much Improved Virtualization Experience

GNOME Boxes as a front-end to libvirt and QEMU is preparing to deliver a much improved virtualization experience for those wanting to enjoy desktop VMs from the GNOME desktop...

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#gnome #qemu

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Boxes-2026

Опубликован Midnight Commander 6 c поддержкой панельных плагинов

Выпущен консольный файловый менеджер Midnight Commander 6.0.3 (mc6), представляющий собой форк GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.33, расширенный поддержкой панельных плагинов и поставляемый со встроенным эмулятором терминала. Интегрированный в mc6 фреймворк панельных плагинов позволяет отображать в панелях не только файловые системы, но и контейнеры, Git-репозитории, базы данных и объекты удалённых хранилищ. Код проекта написан на языке Си и распространяется под лицензией GPLv3+. Готовые пакеты подготовлены для Debian и Ubuntu, Fedora и RHEL, а также Arch Linux в форматах DEB, RPM и pkg.tar.zst. Для Gentoo дополнительно предоставлен ebuild для установки через локальный overlay.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66018

Woodpecker CI 3.17

31 июля 2026 года опубликован выпуск Woodpecker CI 3.17.0 — свободной системы непрерывной интеграции и доставки, предназначенной для самостоятельного размещения. Woodpecker выполняет описанные в YAML-файлах конвейеры на отдельных агентах и поддерживает контейнерные исполнители Docker и Kubernetes. Исходный код проекта написан преимущественно на Go и распространяется под лицензией Apache 2.0.
Основное внимание в новой версии уделено безопасности агентов, разграничению доступа в Kubernetes и диагностике ошибок выполнения.
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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/clusters/18351594

Malware can silently hijack Chrome’s synced passkeys on Windows

Malware with ordinary user privileges can bypass the protections users expect from Google Password Manager passkeys, including fingerprints, PINs, and visible prompts. Unit 42 identified three attack paths against Chrome’s Google Cloud Authenticator that can produce valid login assertions or extract synced passkey keys without breaking passkey cryptography.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/malware-can-silently-hijack-chromes-synced-passkeys-on-windows/

📰 Keychron announced "ZGM", open-source firmware for gaming mice

Coming sometime in Q1 2027, hardware vendor Keychron recently announced a new project to bring open-source firmwire to mice named ZGM — Zephyr Gaming Mouse.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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#opensource

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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/keychron-announced-zgm-open-source-firmware-for-gaming-mice/

📰 Google Chrome Quietly Arrives on ARM64 Linux

Google has started offering native ARM64 Linux builds of Chrome for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE through its official download page.

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#debian #fedora #linux #opensuse #ubuntu

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https://linuxiac.com/google-chrome-quietly-arrives-on-arm64-linux/

AI adoption is turning into a cultural divide as the number of AI haters grows

AI adoption is creating an “us versus them” divide inside workplaces and society, with resistance increasingly tied to identity, authenticity, and trust. The backlash is growing as organizations invest in AI faster than they train employees to use it confidently and responsibly.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/ai-adoption-is-turning-into-a-cultural-divide-as-the-number-of-ai-haters-grows/

Microsoft 365 and Salesforce silos can cost far more than licenses

A Microsoft 365 and Salesforce deployment can carry a hidden cost far beyond subscription fees. Manual data transfers, duplicate records, approval delays, integration maintenance, and cleanup work can push the real annual cost of a seemingly inexpensive tool from $15,000 to about $38,000.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-365-and-salesforce-silos-can-cost-far-more-than-licenses/

Curl disappeared from Ubuntu 26.04 minimal images by mistake

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS’s minimal cloud images have been missing curl – accidentally, it turns out, so Canonical has put it back. Curl is a commonly-used command-line tool for fetching files from remote servers. It’s called on in countless install scripts, CI pipelines and one-liners you’ve no doubt pasted into your terminal without thinking twice about. But the package has been missing from the server-cloud-minimal images of 26.04 to date. That caught those running pared-back cloud installs unawares, breaking expected workflows, has it had been available in previous versions. The manual fix is to install curl from the repos which, in […]
You're reading Curl disappeared from Ubuntu 26.04 minimal images by mistake, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-2604-server-cloud-minimal-curl-missing

📰 GNOME Mutter 51 Beta Released With Wayland Background Blur, Improved Frame Scheduling

Released overnight on Sunday were the beta versions of Mutter 51 and GNOME Shell 51. This follows GNOME 51 embarking on itsAPI/ABI freeze, feature freeze, and UI freeze a day earlier...

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#gnome #wayland

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-51-Beta

📰 KGamma2 Makes For Easy Gamma Adjustments On KDE Plasma With Wayland

KDE developer David Edmundson announced today his KGamma2 tool in aiming to address a pain point for KDE Plasma desktop users on Wayland...

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#kde #plasma #wayland

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KGamma2-Gamma-Wayland

HashiCorp founder launches Superlogical, a persistent terminal multiplexer for human and AI collaboration

Superlogical, the new company from HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto, is building a server-side terminal multiplexer that keeps work sessions alive across disconnects and devices. Its first product will be accessible through web, macOS, and iOS clients, while the company’s longer-term vision is to create a shared work layer where humans and AI agents can operate with the same context, history, and visibility.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/hashicorp-founder-launches-superlogical-a-persistent-terminal-multiplexer-for-human-and-ai-collaboration/

📰 Valve Backs RADV Vulkan Driver Port to Windows

Collabora is bringing Mesa’s open-source RADV Vulkan driver to Windows, with the experimental port already capable of launching Counter-Strike 2.

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#opensource

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https://linuxiac.com/valve-backs-radv-vulkan-driver-port-to-windows/

Box64 0.4.4

2 августа 2026 года состоялся выпуск Box64 0.4.4 — свободного эмулятора, позволяющего запускать программы и игры Linux для архитектуры x86-64 на системах ARM64, RISC-V и LoongArch64. Проект использует динамическую трансляцию машинного кода и по возможности обращается к нативным системным библиотекам, включая libc, SDL, OpenGL и Vulkan. Исходный код распространяется под лицензией MIT.
Основным пользовательским новшеством стал графический конфигуратор box64-configurator, написанный на Python. Он позволяет создавать и изменять профили .box64rc для отдельных программ и игр, выбирать переменные Box64 и просматривать пояснения к ним без ручного редактирования конфигурационного файла. Интерфейс переведён на английский и китайский языки. Для KDE также подготовлен модуль, позволяющий открывать настройки Box64 из контекстного меню исполняемого файла.
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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/18351592

Alibaba to publish weights for 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max model

Alibaba plans to make the weights of Qwen3.8-Max publicly downloadable next week, turning its largest AI model release into a potential new open-source option for organizations evaluating foundation models. The multimodal model contains 2.4 trillion parameters and is already available through Alibaba’s developer platforms.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/alibaba-to-publish-weights-for-2-4t-parameter-qwen3-8-max-model/

Microsoft Teams redesign makes accidental screen sharing much harder

Microsoft Teams is rolling out a redesigned meeting interface that separates Share and Leave controls and adds a confirmation step before screen sharing begins. The update also moves less-used features into a More menu, adds pre-meeting audio tests, and is expected to reach most eligible Windows and macOS users by the end of August 2026.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-teams-redesign-makes-accidental-screen-sharing-much-harder/